Boyd Swan

Boyd "Bible" Swan (died April 1945) was a US Army T/5 who served as a tank gunner in the US 2nd Armored Division during World War II.

Biography
Boyd Swan was born in the American South to a devout Protestant family, and he was nicknamed "Bible" while serving in the US Army. Swan served under Don Collier in the tank Fury during World War II, fighting in Operation Torch in North Africa in November 1942 before going on to fight in France, Belgium, and Germany. In April 1945, he took part in the tank's last stand at the Battle of Hagenohsen, and a disoriented Swan was shot in the head by a Waffen-SS sniper while poking his head out of the tank's hatch to give grenades to Collier in the turret.